Display device for neckties.



Patented May l3, I902.

No. 699,7l5.

- H. RUNTZ.

DISPLAY DEVICE FOR NEGKTIES.

(Application filed Mar. 8, 1902.)

' (No Model.)

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ilTTE STATES HENRY RUNTZ, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DISPLAY DEVICE FOR NECKTIES.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 699,71 5, dated May 13, 1902.

Application filed March 8,1902. erial No. 97,302. (No model.)

To all w/tom Z1; may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY RUNTZ, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improved Display Device for Neckties, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which corresponding letters of reference in the different figures indicate like parts.

The object of my invention is to provide a Jlisplay card or box for neckties, scarfs, garters, or other similar articles in which a series of posts are employed for the purpose of retaining the goods in place; and my invention consists more especially in the manner of constructing said posts, whereby they may be easily, cheaply, and permanently secured in place, so as to present a neat and attractive appearance while displaying the goods to the best advantage. I accomplish said object in the manner hereinafter more particularly described and claimed.

' In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a box embodying the features of my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged elevation in detail of a single post, with a portion of the bottom of the box shown in section to indicate the manner in which the post is secured in position. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of said post as it would appear when ready to be fastened within the box. Fig. is a plan view thereof. Fig. 5 is a plan view in section, taken upon the line 5 5, Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a view of the sheet-metal blank from which the post is formed. Fig. 7 is a plan view of a box in which the posts are differently disposed for a modified use, and Figs. 8, 9, and 10 are plan views of modified forms of posts.

Referring to the drawings, a represents the usual necktie-display box, made from pasteboard or other suitable material, to the bottom 1) of which are attached my improved posts, (designated generally by c.) Said posts are made from sheet metal, and the preferred form thereof is shown in Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive.- Each post is made from a sheet-metal blank d, (shown in Fig. 6,) in which the dotted lines 6 indicate where the metal is bent to form the triangular body of the post, the full lines f designate the cuts made to provide the elements for the supporting-base and fasteningprongs, the lines 9 and h, respectively, the bends made to form said base and prongs, and the line i that of the bend to form the finish at the top. The blank is first subjected to the action of a die, which forms it in a triangular shape in cross-section, as shown in Fig. 5. The partsj are then bent upon the line g, Fig. 6, at right angles to the respective faces of the body of the post. Bends are then made upon the line 71., Fig. 6, at right angles to the plane of the partsj, thus forming fasteningprongs It, Fig. 3, which are in planes parallel to those of therespect-ive faces of the body of the post. The bend upon the line i, Fig. 6, to form the finish at the top (shown at Z, Figs. 2 and 4) may be performed simultaneously with the forming of the partsj 7t. Said prongs 7c are then forced through the bottom I) of the box and clenched,preferably by means of a suitable die, in the manner shown in Fig. 2. It will be seen that the laterally-extended partsj form a broad supporting-base for the post, and when the prongs are properly clenched the post is held firmly in place and presents a neat and attractive appearance.

In Fig. 1 I have shown the posts placed in rows upon opposite sides of the box, the opposite posts serving as supports for the band m of a necktie a, which bands maybe looped over said posts in the manner shown.

In Fig. 7 a single row of posts is shown, which are placed in pairs, a different form of tie o from that shown in Fig. 1 being placed between each pair of posts.

In Figs. 8 and 9 the posts are shown as square and hexagonal, respectively, with as many laterally-extended horizontal base portionsj as there are sides to the post, while in Fig. 10 the body of the post is round, with eight of said radially-projecting base portionsj.

It. is obvious that the form of cross-section of the post may vary and that the number of lateral base extensions may differ without departing from the principle involved in my invention, which consists in forming a post with laterally-extended base portions and suitable fastening-prongs all integral and constructed 1 from a single piece ofsh'eet metal. 7

WVith proper dies and mechanism it is obvious that allot the posts employed in a given ing in number to the sides or faces of the post, each of said base portions being bent outwardly at rightangles to said face, prongs integral with said base portions, and a main supporting-body through which said prongs 15 are extended and beneath which they are 1 bent in a plane parallel to said base portions respectively.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification, in the presence of two snbscrib- 2o ing witnesses, this 6th day of March, 1902.

HENRY RUNTZ.

\Vitnesses:

D. II. FLETCHER, NELLIE O. MILLER. 

